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Lake Region Arts
Council
National Endowment for the
Arts
Minnesota State Arts
Board
Minnesota Humanities
Commission
National Humanities
Center
National Endowment for the
Humanities
McKnight Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
American Composers
Forum
Musicians
Foundation
American Musicological
Society
American Music Center
Sponsor:Asian Cultural Council
Deadline(s):2/01 annually
Objectives:
Research is supported in the following fields: archaeology; conservation; museology; and the
theory, history, and criticism of architecture, art, dance, design, film, music,
photography, and theater.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are American scholars, doctoral students, and specialists in the
humanities. The sponsor also supports American and Asian scholars participating in
conferences, exhibitions, visiting professorships, and similar projects.
Sponsor:American Music Center
Deadline(s):02/03/2003
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for copying parts (extraction and reproduction) for the
premiere performance of large-scale works for four or more instrumental and/or vocal parts.
Funding for copying expenses is also available for a professional CD recording when that
recording is the premiere. Assistance is also available to composers for purchasing
computer software, and in some circumstances, hardware, for copying their own parts. funds
for copying full scores will be awarded only for performances in which all performers read
from the full score.
Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are American composers who are members of the sponsor's organization.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The performers or ensemble are not
eligible to apply. Applicants must have a written commitment for at least one public
performance, one public reading, or for a professional CD recording of the work by a
professional quality ensemble or recognized artistic merit within its community. Priority
is given to composers who have not received significant amounts from the program in the
past. Workshops and amateur performances are not applicable. The performance must advance
the professional career of the applying composer. Copying may be done by the composer or by
a copyist. Parts may be copied by hand or computer.
The sponsor awards approximately $50,000 annually through this program. Previous grants have ranged from $100 to $2,000, averaging approximately $750 per award. Applicants are encouraged to request the full amount needed. However, most grants will cover only a portion of the expenses assumed by the composer. A factor in the award process is whether copying costs have been assumed by a party other than the composer (i.e. performer, publisher, etc.) Application guidelines are available.
Sponsor:American Society of Composers/ Authors/Publishers
Deadline(s):Continuous
Objectives:
The purpose of the program is to recognize the excellence of books and articles on the
subject of music. The subject matter may be biographical or critical, reportial or
historical and may be any form of nonfiction prose about music and/or its creators.
Eligibility:
Written works must be published in the U.S., in English, during the calendar year of 2000.
Reprints or translations of works that were previously published outside the U.S. that are
now being published in the U.S. for the first time are eligible. Program notes and
recording liner notes and on-line publications are also eligible.
Sponsor:Jerome Foundation
Deadline(s): Open
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for artists with significant potential who are underrecognized,
by seeking to support artistic work which builds and expands meaning in peoples' lives. The
sponsor is interested in endeavors which engage artists and their audiences in evolving
dialogues. The sponsor welcomes work which transgresses boundaries and perceptions, and
seeks to recognize and support artistic voices which expand thinking about the arts and
American culture. Specifically, support is offered in the following categories:
Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations operating within the state of
Minnesota or New York City. The sponsor is willing to consider requests from unincorporated
entities. While the sponsor is willing to consider support for arts organizations of all
sizes, it ordinarily supports small and mid-sized organizations, and is willing to consider
requests from new entities. Under the visual arts category, the sponsor prefers to fund
organizations which offer stipends to artists for their participation in a project, and
organizations which will provide for adequate documentation and analysis of the work.
Support for multidisciplinary works is generally channeled to organizations developing and
producing individual projects. The sponsor expects that the majority of artists funded will
be New York City or Minnesota residents. On a limited basis (one to three grants), support
is provided for mid-career artists with established reputations.
Sixty percent of annual grantmaking is made to Minnesota. The remaining forty percent is given to applications from New York City. It is possible for the sponsor to provide general operating support. Support for an organization presenting the work of one artist or the same group of artists will be limited to three to five years. Organizations with various emerging artists who change from year to year may receive support for as long as their program is vital. The sponsor does not support capital fund campaigns, nor does it offer travel grants through the general grant program. Indirect costs may be requested if the figure is fifteen percent or less of the project budget. Guidelines are available. All requests must be in writing.
Sponsor:MacDowell Colony
Deadline(s):1/15, 4/15, 9/15 annually
Objectives:
Residencies at the MacDowell Colony are offered to creative artists in the following
disciplines: architecture, music composition, film/video arts, visual arts, literature and
drama, and interdisciplinary arts. The goal of the residencies is to provide a place where
creative artists can find freedom to concentrate on their work.
Restrictions:
The January 15 deadline date is for Summer; the April 15 deadline is for Fall; and the
September 15 deadline is for Winter-Spring. These deadlines generally remain the same every
year. Artists with professional standing in their fields and emerging artists of recognized
ability are eligible for residence. Artists collaborating on a project should apply
individually but may submit a joint description of the intended work.
Residencies provide room, board, and exclusive use of a studio especially equipped for a particular discipline. There are three residency periods per year, with terms limited to eight weeks. Up to thirty-one artists at a time can be accommodated in the summer, and twenty-two in heated studios during other seasons. Only one residency per applicant is permitted annually. Couples must apply individually for residence. If both are accepted, each will be offered a studio. Beyond this, there is no provision for spouses or families. Write or call for application forms and guidelines. Information is also available from the sponsor's Home Page.
Sponsor: Millay Colony for the Arts
Deadline(s):2/01, 5/01, 9/01 annually
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for residencies in a setting designed to accommodate
creativity. Open all year, the Millay Colony gives each artist a private studio and
separate living quarters.
Restrictions:
Applications must be received by February 1, 2002 for the following June-September; by May 1, 2002 for the following
October-January; and by September1, 2002 for the following February-May. Eligible applicants
are painters, collagists, sculptors, photographers,
novelists, poets, nonfiction writers, biographers, playwrights, screenwriters, performance
artists, and composers. The sponsor provides all food at no cost to the residents. Artists
are provided with a private studio and separate living quarters. Applications and guidelines
are available. Applications are never accepted by email or fax. Please contact Gail Giles,
Assistant Director, with any questions at 518-392-3103, or giles@millaycolony.org.
Sponsor:Nakamichi Foundation
Deadline(s):3/01/2003
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support to encourage the propagation and appreciation of early, baroque
and classical music that otherwise might not be available to the public on a commercial
basis. Generally, the sponsor accomplishes this by underwriting performances and/or their
broadcast on public television/radio.
Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are tax-exempt organizations. Public broadcasting grants are awarded
only to the broadcaster; therefore, inquiries and applications for these awards must come
directly from the public television/radio station. No grants are made to individuals. The
sponsor provides grants for one year only. Grants are not made for capital campaigns,
endowments, deficit operations, construction, maintenance, or equipment. Interested
organizations should submit a brief letter of inquiry. If interested, the sponsor may
request a full application. Applicants should be aware that the sponsor commits its grant
dollars approximately twelve to eighteen months in advance.
Sponsor:Columbia University
Deadline: 3/1/2003
Objectives:
The sponser annually awards a prize for distinguished musical composition
of significant dimension by an American that has had its first performance
in the United States during the year.
Eligibility:
Works that receive their American priemiere between March 2, 2002 and
March 1, 2003 are considered.
Sponsor:International Music and Art Foundation
Deadline: Open
Objectives:
The sponser makes grants to facilitate the improvement and dissemination
of the visual and performing arts, as well as the study and preservation
of art and culture from the past. "Preservation" includes the conservation
and restoration of individual works of art and architecture as well as
cultural and environmental documentation and preservation. Specific
current interests of the Foundation include, but are not limited to, the
fine arts, music, theater, and architecture.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are organizations in the performing and visual arts
such as opera companies, symphony orchestras, chamber music groups, ballet
companies, etc. Grants are also given for architectural restorations and
for the conservation of art, to museums, and to educational institutions
for research and publication on the history of art. Grants may be made to
ecological organizations that work to protect the environment and
nature.
Sponsor:Kurt Weil Foundation for Music
Deadline:4/30/2003
Objectives:
The sponser provides an award to encourage distinguished scholarship in
the disciplines of music, theatre, dance, literary criticism, and history
addressing twentieth-century music theatre (including opera). Media may
include not only print (book, major scholarly article in a journal,
chapter or essay; critical edition), but also audio-recording,
video-recording, multi-media projects, and on-line publications, provided
there is a tangible scholarly component. Works addressing the American
music theatre are particularily encouraged.
Eligibility:
Nominations are solicited from individuals, publishers, scholarly
societies, and institutions, but self-nominations are encouraged as
well.
Sponsor:Library of Congress
Deadline:3/1/2003
Objectives:
Projects may lead to publication in media of all types, both commercial
and non-commercial; underwrite new works of art, music or fiction; involve
academic research; contribute to the theoretical development of archival
science; explore practical possibilities for processing ethnographic
collections in the Archive of Folk Culture or elsewhere in the Library of
Congress; develop new means of providing reference service; support
student work; experiment with conservation techniques; and support
ethnographic field research leading to new Library acquisitions.
Eligibility:
Awards are made in amounts of up to $1,000 per year. Awards in previous
years have been between $200 and $1,000. Awards may be made either to
individuals or to organizations in support of specific projects.
Sponsor: Liberace Foundation
Deadline:3/15/2003
Objectives:
Grants are to be used exclusively for scholarship assistance to talented
and deserving students. Programs funder are only for creative and
performance based arts disciplines such as music, theater, dance, and the
visual arts. Creative and performing arts are defined as music, dance,
architecture, graphic design, fashion design, painting, sculpting,
photography, museum studies, mixed media, drama, and creative writing.
Eligibility:
Only accredited institutions of higher learning (for example, colleges,
universities or conservatories) offering degrees in either the creative or
performing arts are eligible. The institution must have a program leading
to a baccalaureate or graduate degree in the performing or creative
arts. The institution must have a minimum of forty majors in the specific
grant-seeking discipline. Preference will be given to institutions
applying with a continuing Liberace Scholar, with enembles bearing the
Liberace name, and institutions matching the grant. Matching fund
commitments by the institution are an important factor in the funding
decision.
Sponsor:Bogliasco Foundation
Deadline:4/15/2003
Objectives:
The following disciplines are supported: archaeology, architecture,
classics, dance, film or video, history, landscape architecture,
literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts. An approved
project is presumed to lead to the completion of a major work followed by
publication, performance, production, or exhibition.
Eligibility:
Fellows are provided with living quarters and full board, and are assigned
to separate, private studios. The cost of transportation to and from Genoa
is the responsibility of the fellows. Fellowships are scheduled during the
two semesters of the traditional academic year. During 2003-2004 the
dates are as follows: September 8 to December 12, and February 9- May
14. Fellowships usually have a duration of either on month (thirty-one
days) or half semester (forty-seven days). In special circumstances
residencies of other lengths may be approved.
Sponsor:Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Deadlines: 9/15/2003, 1/15/2004
Objectives:
Support is provided to writers, visual artists, and composers for
residential fellowships of two weeks to two months in a rural setting
where they may work, free from the distractions and responsibilities of
day-to-day life. At the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, there are
22 studios available: 11 for writers, eight for visual artists, and three
for composers. Every fellow has a private studio.
Eligibility:
The men and women who come to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
are mature artists of noteworthy achievement, or the most promising
younger artists. Many of them teach at universities, art schools, and
conservatories. Because admission is highly competetive, the artists who
come to the center are often the leading artists in America. They are
selected on the basis of their past achievements or future promise. A
non-refundable $20 filing fee is required.
Sponsor:American Music Center
Deadline: 5/1/2003 (Receipt)
Objectives:
The sponser provides support for copying parts (extraction and
reproduction) for the premiere performance of large-scale works for four
of more instrumental and/or vocal parts. Funding for copying expenses is
also available for a professional CD recording when that recording is the
premiere. Funds for copying full scores will be awarded only for the
performances in which all performers read from the full score.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are American composers who are members of the
sponser's organizations. Applicants must have a written commitment for at
least one public performance, one public reading, or for a professional CD
recording of the work by a professional quality ensemble or recognized
artistic merit within its community. Priority is given to composers who
have not received significant amounts from the program in the past. The
performance must advance the professional career of the applying
composer. Copying may be done by the composer or by a copyist. Parts may
be copied by hand or computer.
Sponsor:Spencer Foundation
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
The sponsor's mission is to fund activities, anywhere in the world, which
foster new ideas in education and encourage creativity. The sponsor
prefers to fund specific initiatives that conform to the mission
statement.
Eligibility:
The sponsor funds activities from anywhere in the world.
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